Chapter 23

He paused, then turned slowly, raising a brow as if he was wondering why I was stopping him.

My legs moved quickly as I moved in front of him.“I just wanted to say...” I awkwardly looked around, trying to come up with anything. What did I even want to say?

“T-Thank you. For, you know, saying I’m worthy of being on the team.”

Kylan laughed lightly. “We’re not friends, puppy,” he reminded me. “Don’t get it twisted.”

He kept walking, but I wasn’t finished—so I hurried after him. “Well, it was still nice of you. Even if you’re just pretending not to care,” I spoke, frustrated.

Kylan smirked beside me. “Enlighten me please, why would I care?”

I sucked my teeth, bothered by his change of attitude. “So, what? You’re too cool to be nice to people again?”

Kylan glanced at me sideways, his smirk never fading. “Nice isn’t really my thing. You should know that by now, Puppy.”

“And here I thought we were bonding?”

“Bonding? Let’s not ge